Show #1659 1991-11-14 (taped 1991-10-15) Tournament of Champions

1991 Tournament of Champions final game 1.

Contestants

Jim Scott — a legal assistant from Columbia, Maryland

Lou Pryor — a lawyer and Seniors Tournament winner from New Canaan, Connecticut

Steve Robin — a marketing consultant from Scottsdale, Arizona

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Steve	$1,400	$3,500	$7,700	$10,400	$7,400 18 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Lou	$1,000	$1,900	$7,700	$9,100	$7,700 16 R, 2 W
Jim	$700	$500	$10,900	$20,000	$8,500 22 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC TRIOS	ANNUAL EVENTS	HITS OF THE 1960s	MAGAZINES	WORLD RELIGIONS	ADJECTIVES
$100 [6] These 3 ships left the Canary Islands September 6, 1492 after two of them were repaired Nina, Pinta & Santa Maria Jim	$100 [21] The International Azalea Festival is held each April in Norfolk in this state Virginia Jim	$100 [1] In a No. 1 hit by Peter, Paul & Mary, this line precedes "Don't know when I'll be back again" "Leaving on a Jet Plane" Steve	$100 [11] On the cover of this magazine you'll sometimes see the phrase "And Grooms, Too" Brides Jim	$100 [12] In this religion, the devil is called Iblis, or "al-Shaitaan" Islam Steve	$100 [26] It means meticulous, though it sounds like a combination of "fast" & "hideous" Fastidious Steve
$200 [7] In music history, they're known as "The Three B's" Bach, Brahms & Beethoven Jim	$200 [22] This largest city in New Mexico hosts an international balloon festival in mid-October Albuquerque Jim	$200 [2] This hit by the Byrds is subtitled "To Everything There Is A Season" "Turn! Turn! Turn!" Lou	$200 [13] Yachting is the official magazine of this yachting trophy America's Cup Lou	$200 [17] His book "Dianetics" gave rise to the Church of Scientology L. Ron Hubbard Lou	$200 [27] It means gracefully tall & slender, perhaps like a weeping tree Willowy Steve
$300 [8] It was the slogan of the French Revolution "Liberte, egalite, fraternite" Jim	$300 [23] This state has an annual Upper Peninsula state fair in Escanaba in August Michigan Steve	$300 [3] In 1965 The McCoys hit No. 1 with this song about a girl who lives in a very bad part of town "Hang On Sloopy" Steve	$300 [14] "The Magazine of Good Living", or a connoisseur of fine food & drink who might savor it Gourmet Lou	$300 [18] Xochiquetzal was the goddess of beauty of this Mexican civilization Aztec Steve	$300 [28] Meaning adapted for seizing or grasping, it often describes a monkey's tail Prehensile Lou
$400 [9] The three Baltic countries absorbed by the Soviet Union in 1940 Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania Lou	$400 [24] Bridgeport, Conn. has an annual festival honoring this 19th c. showman P.T. Barnum Jim	$400 [4] She's "Swingin' down the street so fancy-free, nobody you meet could ever see the loneliness there" "Georgy Girl" Steve	$400 [15] "The Practical Journal for the Environment" isn't called Trash, but this Garbage Steve	$400 [19] Hawaii's second-largest island is named for this Polynesian demi-god Maui	$400 [29] Bellicose & belligerent are derived in part from this Latin word for "war" bellum Lou Jim
$500 [10] These three men who formed the first triumvirate in 60 B.C. had no official sanction Caesar, Crassus & Pompey Lou	$500 [25] This Mississippi port has a shrimp festival & the blessing of the fleet in June Biloxi Lou	$500 [5] In 1964 she sang "You don't own me, I'm not just one of your many toys" Lesley Gore Steve	DD $800 [16] This stylish magazine was named for its publication director; her first name is Grace Mirabella Steve	$500 [20] Meaning "disciple", this is a follower of Guru Nanak & his successor gurus Sikh	$500 [30] Something that is senary has this many things or parts 6 Lou Jim

Double Jeopardy! Round

FRENCH LITERATURE	SCIENCE & NATURE	FORESTS	FAMOUS WOMEN	OKLAHOMA	THE CONGRESS
$200 [2] In the 1840s Victor Hugo began writing this book using the title "Le Miser" Les Misérables Jim	$200 [26] A non-ferrous metal is any metal other than steel or this Iron Jim	$200 [21] Arizona's Kaibab National Forest lies near this national park Grand Canyon Jim	$200 [16] The 1935 film "Naughty Marietta" was her first collaboration with Nelson Eddy Jeanette MacDonald Steve	$200 [7] Oklahoma got this nickname from those who staked claims before land was open for settlement "The Sooner State" Jim	$200 [1] Representing Massachusetts' 8th District, Joseph P. Kennedy is the son of this late New York senator Robert F. Kennedy Steve
$400 [11] This author of "No Exit" said no to a Nobel Prize in 1964 Jean-Paul Sartre Jim	$400 [27] Squamata, meaning "scaly", is the reptile order that composes these two types of creatures Lizards & snakes Steve	$400 [22] Divisions of this state's Sumter National Forest include Long Cane, Enoree & Tiger South Carolina Jim	$400 [17] In 1923 her first magazine article, "In China Too", appeared in the Atlantic Monthly Pearl S. Buck Jim	$400 [8] This cowboy humorist is buried at a shrine in Claremore, near his birthplace Will Rogers Jim	$400 [3] Former "Love Boat" star Fred Grandy represents this state's 6th District in the House Iowa Jim
$600 [13] "Contes de ma Mere l'Oye" by Charles Perrault is a collection of these Mother Goose tales Jim	$600 [28] The coelacanth, thought to be extinct until one was caught in 1938, is this type of creature Fish Lou	$600 [23] This state's Chippewa & Superior National Forests contain many of its 10,000 lakes Minnesota Steve	$600 [18] Actress to whom Charles II referred when he supposedly said, "Let not poor Nelly starve" Nell Gwyn Lou	$600 [9] This university in Stillwater has won 29 NCAA wrestling titles, more than any other college Oklahoma State University Lou	$600 [4] In 1990 Socialist Bernard Sanders won this New England state's only House seat Vermont Lou
$800 [14] This playwright was a friend of Jean Racine, & his company staged Racine's first play Moliere Lou	$800 [29] Simply put, his law says that if you double the pressure of a gas, you halve its volume Robert Boyle Lou	$800 [24] This national forest in Oregon shares its name with the mountain contained within its borders Mount Hood Steve	$800 [19] From 1986-89, Gro Harlem Brundtland served as this Scandinavian country's prime minister Norway Jim	$800 [10] This part of the state was once known as "No Man's Land" or the "Cimarron Strip" Panhandle Lou	$800 [5] Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, who represents this state's 18th District, was born in Havana Florida Jim
$1,000 [15] Under this pen name, Francois-Marie Arouet wrote "Micromegas", a tale of a 120,000-foot-tall being Voltaire Lou	$1,000 [30] This mineral, which occurs in such forms as sand & quartz, is the main material in most rocks Silica Steve	$1,000 [25] A national forest in Missouri's Ozarks is named for this 19th century writer Mark Twain Jim	DD $2,500 [20] She was a textile factory worker when she was chosen as the U.S.S.R.'s first female cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova Jim	$1,000 [12] Oklahoma's second-largest city, it's been called "The Oil Capital of the World" Tulsa Steve	DD $1,900 [6] This Missourian is the House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt Jim

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. PRESIDENTS

The first two consecutive presidents who were from the same state

Thomas Jefferson & James Madison (both from Virginia)

Steve "Who are Jefferson & Madison?" — wagered $2,700

Lou "Who are Jefferson & Madison?" — wagered $1,400

Jim "Who are Jefferson & Madison?" — wagered $9,100

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